Suitable scope

kowloon

I've decided it's about time to buy a rifle. As almost anything will outshoot me I will be picking up the cheapest .22 I can find. Now I know the rule is to buy the best scope you can get your hands on but this is an interim measure until I learn and move onto something I can take a fox with. I may keep it for bunnies if I prefer it to the shotgun. So does anyone have any suggestions on what I should go for?

Vegeta

what kind of budget you looking at

if money is no object, S&B 8x56 fixed mag scope they aint cheap though

would also be suitable for any foxing rifle you may get

jwshooter

Vegeta wrote: »

what kind of budget you looking at

if money is no object, S&B 8x56 fixed mag scope they aint cheap though

would also be suitable for any foxing rifle you may get

8x56 S&B cross hair is to heavy for a .22 or any fine shooting it came to be for low light or moon shooting on boar ,there is plenty of scopes worth the money for 22 in gun shops around the country shop about as the old 22 its out of favour .with the 17 s selling like hot cakes ..

kowloon

I need something for learning but since the rifle is going to be cheap and second hand I don't need to take the nuts off a fly at 500m

Would it make sense to buy a scope suitable for a tikka or the likes and get used to it on the .22 or will it be mismatched? Should I buy something dirt cheap to go on the .22?

Vegeta

jwshooter wrote: »

8x56 S&B cross hair is to heavy for a .22 or any fine shooting it came to be for low light or moon shooting on boar ,there is plenty of scopes worth the money for 22 in gun shops around the country shop about as the old 22 its out of favour .with the 17 s selling like hot cakes ..

the fixed mag scopes can be found with any of the standard reticles, including fine and varmint as far as I can see (there are 9 standard reticles)

Also its final resting place will be on a foxing rifle which is done mostly at night under the lamp.

OP, by all means get an affordable scope for the .22, I have one on mine, 6-18 x 50 I think Bushnell Banner dusk till dawn scope, only ever use 18 x if I am zeroing because high magnification on a cheap scope is often crap anyway, but if someone asks me about a dedicated hunting scope then its fixed mag Zeiss or S&B.

I put a 7x50 illuminated Zeiss (with a thin ish cross hair) on my brothers .270 only because I couldn't get an 8x56 illuminated S&B anywhere.

smallfry

I put a 6X42 S&B on my remington 700 in .223 for foxing, lovely scope, got it from Island Sports in Castlebar, they're the agent for S&B, maybe they could get u the illuminated one....

smallfry

fish slapped

I think your on a budget and if your talking a cheap second hand rifle a lot of them will be scoped already, but if not, Since you posted this Thread in the hunting section , I'll persume your after rabbits and small pests and just general plinking , for that a cheap scope: hawke reflex 3-9x50 or a tasco or edgar brothers optimate will all be well up to the job. all can be got for under €100.

Umiq88

buy a good cheap scope like a hawke no point putting something fancy on a rifle thats not going to be looked after.

Hawke relfex would be my bet 3-9x

riflehunter77

Id agree with psittacosis and fish slapped, go get yourself a Hawke good quality glass for a small budget. I had a hawke 3-9 x 40 on my .22 for years never had any problems with it.

thehair

kowloon wrote: »

I need something for learning but since the rifle is going to be cheap and second hand I don't need to take the nuts off a fly at 500m

Would it make sense to buy a scope suitable for a tikka or the likes and get used to it on the .22 or will it be mismatched? Should I buy something dirt cheap to go on the .22?

here is the scope i would put on a .22 4x12x50 =45str:D

http://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=HR41250

Mac Tire

Thats a decent scope for a .22, i had one on a .22 hornet for a while before i sold the two...always did the trick for me...:D

Hezz700

Simmons Whitetail 3-9 X 40 Cheap and robust, good for general plinking.

It wasn't me!

If you're investing in something for future use on a centrefire as well, might as well get something decent, so how about this? It's fixed magnification, but that shouldn't bother you overly, especially as it'll do generally very well, and Docter are quality optics.

thehair

It wasn't me! wrote: »

If you're investing in something for future use on a centrefire as well, might as well get something decent, so how about this? It's fixed magnification, but that shouldn't bother you overly, especially as it'll do generally very well, and Docter are quality optics.

a link to fle way and oxfame. doctor scope are very good i am think it
was made in far east I.E JUNK you get what you pay for:eek: